CES: Wireless finding its way into all kinds of new devices

MarketWatch ^ | Jan. 10, 2010, 11:45 a.m. EST · | Jeffry Bartash, MarketWatch

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LAS VEGAS (MarketWatch) - Wireless everywhere on devices that look nice.

That sums up the key trends at the consumer-electronic industry's annual mega-bash, where form truly met function. Hundreds of companies this week showed off thousands of products, but the most interesting devices featured wireless access to the Internet and more attractive designs than ever before.

The trend toward all wireless, all the time is not exactly new. Phone companies such as AT&T Inc.

and Verizon Wireless have been talking about connecting all sorts of gadgets to their networks for several years. Yet only now are a slew of nontraditional devices hitting the market, some of which are so new, such as tablet PCs and bedside Internet viewers, that they could create categories of their own.

"The technology is moving a lost faster than anyone ever expected," said Glenn Lurie, who is in charge of finding new devices to add to AT&T's wireless network. Just a few years ago, he said, device makers outside the mobile-phone business paid little attention to the idea.

It's not just about adding devices to a wireless-phone network, either. Device makers are increasingly incorporating Wi-Fi to connect their products to home networks, and GPS is finding its way into more products. Beyond home and work, the auto is the next frontier for wireless penetration.

Home theater goes wireless

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fyi

From Anandtech:

CES 2010 TV Trends - 3D, Ridiculously Thin and Connected

And:

The CES 2010 Conclusion - SoCs, Motherboards, Cases & More

[Jeff Chandler]

My brain hurts.

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I think things are going into Warp speed overdrive...from that second link:

USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps on Motherboards in 2010

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Both ASUS and Gigabyte are taking USB 3.0 and 6Gbps SATA seriously. Gigabyte uses two modifiers to indicate when a board supports USB3 or 6Gbps SATA:

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First is OCZ's USB 3.0 external SSD:

This little thing is basically an Indilinx MLC SSD with a SATA-to-USB 3.0 controller. You can expect to see tons of clones in the coming months. Not to mention the first wave of USB 3.0 thumbdrives.

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[MrEdd]

Not nearly as bad as newspapermens brains hurt.
Everyone connected everywhere means each year will be a worse year for the dead tree media.

Magazines too.

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Continuing:

ASUS and MSI Show AMD 8-series Motherboards

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ASUS had its first AMD 890 based motherboard on display:

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The 8-series of chipsets are due out sometime in the first half of the year and intend to compete with Clarkdale's integrated graphics in a major way. MSI also showed us its AMD 890FX motherboard:

Unlike Intel's 2010 chipsets, AMD's 890FX is expected to include native SATA 6Gbps support. There won't be any native USB 3.0 unfortunately. Motherboard manufacturers will keep using NEC's USB 3.0 controller.

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And hard wired connections are going to go faster.....see just above.

[SkyDancer]

What I think would be neat is to have a chip in a football so the ref’s would know where the ball is - like crossing the goal line or where the first down is or when it crosses the foul line ... stuff like that ....

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FYI....lots of new stuff coming!

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A GPS in the Football?

[SkyDancer]

No, like a chip in the football and some sort of wire signal buried at the goal line or foul line ... a chip like you put in your pet in case it gets lost ... the signal from the wire would trigger the chip (about the size of a pin head) ...

[The Louiswu]

"A GPS in the Football?"

That is a great idea. I also see the out of bounds lines and the goal lines being "wired" to some extent to help increase the accuracy of ball placement.

Some calls are missed even when there are a bunch of cameras all looking at the same event because you cannot clearly see the ball.

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Related thread:

Phones Take Center Stage at CES!

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Another related thread from the Hitech keyword list:

NEWS - Marvell claims first quad-core ARM processor

NOTE:

ARM is the architecture used in most cellphones.

[JoeProBono]

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Needs to be done in the Cowboys new Stadium.

Then they could wire it up to that Gigantic Video Display.

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A cellphone tower on Fire....LOL...you don’t see that everyday.

[NormsRevenge]

Bring It On!

We’re about to take a HDTV plunge.. the less cables I have to run and re-run the better.

[martin_fierro]

Don't tell this guy.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well you need a matching pair....A laptop to send the signal....and a TV to receive it...

See this thread:

The Best Thing at CES - Intel's Wireless HD Technology

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It's called Intel Wireless HD technology and it works like this. Press a button on your notebook and within a matter of seconds the notebook will wirelessly send its display over to your TV.